Todays write ups in the Evanston Roundtable and Evanston Now, about yesterdays BOE meeting, and the BOE member comments....seriously...this is beyond words. If these BOE members were even a drop qualified and/or had an ounce of integrity, they’d be demanding an independent audit of all finances. And instead it’s “Gee, no more surprises n…
Todays write ups in the Evanston Roundtable and Evanston Now, about yesterdays BOE meeting, and the BOE member comments....seriously...this is beyond words. If these BOE members were even a drop qualified and/or had an ounce of integrity, they’d be demanding an independent audit of all finances. And instead it’s “Gee, no more surprises next time, okay.” How can there not be any accountability??! It’s all so incredibly beyond frustrating. I honestly don’t even have the words.
Like .. am I missing something? Finance is presenting data that very clearly shows massive losses in the near future and a complete draining of the 2017 reserves. -$17m is more than 10% of the overall budget .. in the hole. I am not trying to be a pedantic finance bro getting in the way of spending priorities ... but this seems like a crisis not a "maybe we should think more carefully" moment.
I feel crazy though, because everyone in town seems to disagree with me, including I think the authors at the Roundtable. What am I missing? Is the assumption that when the shit hits the fan, we'll have a referendum again and all will be well?
I grew up in the Detroit area and literally watched the public schools go bankrupt, get taken over by the state, and the kids get fucked when the state basically eliminated public schools. It was this exact lack of seriousness that led to that.
Todays write ups in the Evanston Roundtable and Evanston Now, about yesterdays BOE meeting, and the BOE member comments....seriously...this is beyond words. If these BOE members were even a drop qualified and/or had an ounce of integrity, they’d be demanding an independent audit of all finances. And instead it’s “Gee, no more surprises next time, okay.” How can there not be any accountability??! It’s all so incredibly beyond frustrating. I honestly don’t even have the words.
Like .. am I missing something? Finance is presenting data that very clearly shows massive losses in the near future and a complete draining of the 2017 reserves. -$17m is more than 10% of the overall budget .. in the hole. I am not trying to be a pedantic finance bro getting in the way of spending priorities ... but this seems like a crisis not a "maybe we should think more carefully" moment.
I feel crazy though, because everyone in town seems to disagree with me, including I think the authors at the Roundtable. What am I missing? Is the assumption that when the shit hits the fan, we'll have a referendum again and all will be well?
I grew up in the Detroit area and literally watched the public schools go bankrupt, get taken over by the state, and the kids get fucked when the state basically eliminated public schools. It was this exact lack of seriousness that led to that.
Roundtable deleted my harsh comments but like .. what are they going to do when the district is $17m in the hole with no reserves left?